AP Grameena Vikas Bank manager slapped by Nagarkurnool MP

A day after Nagarkurnool MP Manda Jagannadham slapped a Bank Manager, criminal cases were booked against him for assaulting and intimidating a public servant and bank employees' unions are gearing up to launch an agitation. Manda Jagannadham had slapped Ravinder Reddy, Manager of AP Grameena Vikas Bank in Uppunuthala for not sanctioning loans to beneficiaries. The incident occurred in front of hundreds of customers and Achampet MLA Ramulu.

According to eye witness, the MP pulled the Bank Manager from his chair by holding his shirt and slapped him. The MP flew into a rage following complaints from applicants against the bank manager at the Mandal Parishad meeting. He immediately range up Ravinder Reddy for not releasing loans. Dissatisfied with his casual reply, the MP rushed strait to the bank and thrashed the Bank Manager.

Nagarkurnool DSP Satyanarayana said, Ravinder Reddy lodged a complaint with Uppunuthala police on Tuesday. Cases under Sections 353, 323 and 504 were registered against the MP and investigation is going on. In an obvious retaliation, a case under SC/ST Atrocities Act was registered against Ravinder Reddy following a complaint by two villagers that the Bank Manager had abused them when they went to seek a loan. AP Regional Rural Banks Employees' Association said it would take up the issue with the Chief Minister, Prime Minister and Lok Sabha Speaker and seek their intervention. In protest, the staff in the rural bank branches sported black badges and staged demonstrations in front of district offices and said that they will intensify their agitation and boycott government schemes, according to general secretary of the association S Venkateswar Reddy.